So the Virgin Media Shorts awards ceremony was last Tuesday evening (5th October). I didn’t win either of the prizes, but I did receive a 35mm print of Moon in a tin, which was pretty cool! And seeing the film up on the big screen was amazing as well! I had an awesome day and the other finalists were all lovely guys. Massive congratulations to Oscar, Gino and Jason for their well deserved wins!

My film tin and the awesome poster the Virgin guys made for Moon!

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I did an interview for the Sunday Telegraph which featured in their Film Life magazine yesterday. The interview is on their website (along with those of the other finalists) if anyone is interested to read it:

I was also interviewed by my local paper back home, The Herald Express, back in September when the shortlist was first announced. The article is below:

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Finally, I want to give everyone who offered me their support through this a huge thank you! The response I received was phenomenal and more than I could ever have imagined. I am extremely touched and so grateful for everyone’s help and encouragement. Thank you guys!

I have exciting news – Moon has been chosen as one of the final twelve in the Virgin Media Shorts competiton! I now need to ask for your help and support! If you could spare the time to cast a vote for Moon I would be so amazingly grateful!

A nice little review of Moon was posted on the VMS site, they were kind enough to feature it in the first part of their animation showcase. Thanks guys!

An animation so charming that it will warm the cockles (literally) of even the most embittered cynic. The story of a boy who decides the moon looks cold – and so decides to make him a ruddy great scarf.

Here is the final film. I want to give a massive thank you to Harry and Lewis for producing my soundtrack, and to all my lecturers, family and friends and everyone who has offered encouragement and support along the way. I couldn’t have done it without you!

The film is now finished, and will be up later next week. I was shortlisted for the University of Hertfordshire’s Animation Exposé, and made it into the final selection, so this will be the first proper screening of Moon! Exciting times.

Here is the gold version of the film (which finally finished rendering at 6 this morning…)

This is the semi-final version of the film which will be graded, although I plan to continue working on it for the degree show exhibition at the end of the month, so the final version should be up around the 24th.

There are a few parts of the animation which need tweaking and tidying up, as well as some of the backgrounds. However the main thing which will change is that I need to go back and paint highlights onto Thomas in the shots where they’re needed.

I received the pretty much complete soundtrack for the film, so here it is with an updated beta. The only thing that may change is the timing of some sound effects on shots that have not yet been animated.

Massive thanks to Harry Kaye and Lewis Lawson for producing this for me, they’ve been absolutely fantastic to work with and have done an amazing job.

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My name is Melanie Horn and I recently graduated from 2D Digital Animation at the University of Hertfordshire. This blog documented the progress of my third year film, Moon, which was completed in May 2010.